RED ALERT: Senate GOP just added provision to their tax plan that would gut ACA & kick 13M ppl off insurance. Yes, it's same tax plan that would add $1 trillion+ to deficit while giving majority of benefits to corporations & the rich. We need you to make your voices heard again.

And after this battle is won, our main objective is to kick Republicans out of Congress! They are not working for the benefit of all of us – just themselves and their blood lust for personal dollars. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Senator!

Oklahoma is among the most conservative states in the U.S. and there are nearly twice as many registered Republicans as Democrats in the areas where voters headed to the polls Tuesday. Oklahoma Democrats had already won three GOP-held seats in special elections this year and they nearly won a fourth in a heavily Republican district in Seminole County.

Money. Trump and his organization will go down on Fed RICO (moneylaundering, taxfraud) and NYS Enterprise Corruption – same. No pardon possible on state charges. Asset forfeiture. Pence conspired with Flynn and Manafort. The are recordings. International, biggest case in history pic.twitter.com/th8U93bLXn

Trump and Tillerson have hired the KGB to provide security at the US embassy in Moscow and closed the department overseeing sanctions at the State Dept. We are now, officially, Russia's bitch.https://t.co/3vFgvdKFlP

There IS an explanation for this. EIther this is further proof he has lost whatever mind he had…or the rate of mass shootings in America is so ridiculously high that he lost track of which was which. Either one, BAD.

The nation’s doctors, hospitals, and insurers come out against the individual mandate repeal in the tax bill, says it will “substantially increase the number of uninsured Americans.” pic.twitter.com/mLFtnpsSBW

If the AG can't name ONE org that's a "black identity extremist" group, we're faced with one reality — the FBI & DOJ are reverting back to a time when citizens were surveilled based on the color of their skin and their level of activism exercising their first amendment right. pic.twitter.com/7Gw2FIphqx

Blake seem like a nice guy, but I totally disagree with this choice. For those who wonder why black people have BET Awards or Black Girls Rock or anything else to say to the world hey we exist. Here’s why.

RED ALERT: Senate GOP just added provision to their tax plan that would gut ACA & kick 13M ppl off insurance. Yes, it’s same tax plan that would add $1 trillion+ to deficit while giving majority of benefits to corporations & the rich. We need you to make your voices heard again.

— Sen. Al Franken (@SenFranken) November 14, 2017

?? You can call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 ??

I want to meet the Senate staffer who came up with the genius strategy of announcing plan to gut 13 m people’s health care ahead of Thanksgiving w vote scheduled after. I know what I’m planning to talk about with all the relatives!

Encouraged by what's happening at #COP23. The world is continuing to advance the Paris Agreement, unmoved by @POTUS decision to withdraw. Here in the U.S. – governors, mayors, businesses, and NGOs are sending a clear message: #WeAreStillInhttps://t.co/UJl1ftBHOi

Make no mistake: they’re coming after Medicare and Medicaid next. And at that point, the press will go along with their deficit concerns. https://t.co/aZ03MkLEml— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) November 15, 2017

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/14/17Former KGB Putin friend hired for US Moscow embassy security
Rachel Maddow reports on the no-bid contract the Trump administration gave to a company run by a former KGB colleague of Vladimir Putin to handle the security for the U.S. embassy in Moscow, and notes a pattern of odd Trump overtures to Russia.

It’s because the grotesque evil occupying the WH (GEOTWH) has rolled over and played dead when it comes to Russia.

Back when Russia announced they were expelling 700+ US personnel in Russia because Congress passed sanctions against them, and GEOTWH reluctantly signed (but 6 weeks have passed since the Oct 1 deadline to impose sanctions, and NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE), GEOTWH said he “welcomed” the staff reduction (to save costs).

KGB guarding the US embassy in Moscow is the result of that sanctions package. And, as Rachel succinctly says, the KGB “literally have keys to the embassy.”

Remember when Trump thanked Putin for ousting US diplomats from Russia because "we're trying to cut down our payroll"? https://t.co/symgy04tqf

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/14/17Shadow of Flynn legal jeopardy falls on Trump, Sessions
Matt Miller, former Justice Department spokesman, talks with Rachel Maddow about the nature of the case against disgraced Trump NSA Mike Flynn and whether that has implications for any obstruction of justice case that might be made against Trump.

We need an emotionally and mentally stable leader does not spitefully ridicule, attack, call people names, brag about themselves, disparage and vindictively humiliate others just to feed and protect their own insecure ego.We need #PresidentObama back! pic.twitter.com/TuG2QWjezg

In regard to the sentiment, we need more people in public office who have these traits. Barack Obama has done his duty and done it so well that he continues to inspire others to emulate him. Time for us to get on with it and to allow him to be Citizen Obama in whatever shape or form he deems.

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 11/14/17McConnell handling of past sex scandal a warning for Roy Moore
Rachel Maddow reminds viewers of the sexual harassment case against Senator Bob Packwood and how Mitch McConnell used the Senate Ethics Committee and the threat of expulsion to drive Packwood from the Senate in shame. So he knows how to handle Moore.

Did everyone else know outside of me, that Congress had a slush fund for sexual harassment?

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Congress owes taxpayers answers about its harassment ‘shush’ fund
BY JENNY BETH MARTIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/15/17 08:00 AM EST 9 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

Apparently, I’ve caused you some distress. I can tell this, because you just cursed me #onhere and I don’t even know you. I try to avoid hurting “good people” so let me eliminate the cause of that distress for you, right now. *presses Block button*

*THIS* was just up my street, D-ette; it beats swearing any day IMO! Classy-classy-classy! I burst out laughing so loudly Offspring came to see what was so funny. He cracked up too and said I was to be sure to tell you that he *loves* this.

ps: {We both love words, and the fact that ‘words have power’ ….. and can be funny, pointed, and effective when wielded with intelligent precision.} ← /whisper: this is me editorializing/

In a way, I sympathize with Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama. I understand how incredibly valuable it is to have a seat in the U.S. Senate, and I wouldn’t want to concede one to the Republicans, especially in a dark blue state. The issue is amplified by the fact that the Republicans currently enjoy a narrow 52-48 majority, and we should keep in mind also that John McCain is very ill and that Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi has missed time recently because of poor health. The Republicans want to pass a tax bill through the Senate that is dependent on them having fifty seats, at a minimum, and losing the Alabama seat would get them down to a very uneasy fifty-one. Besides these factors, though, I can understand where Brooks is coming from when he says this:

“America faces huge challenges that are vastly more important than contested sexual allegations from four decades ago,” Brooks said in a text message to AL.com. “Who will vote in America’s best interests on Supreme Court justices, deficit and debt, economic growth, border security, national defense, and the like? Socialist Democrat Doug Jones will vote wrong. Roy Moore will vote right. Hence, I will vote for Roy Moore.”

Ahead of the vote in the House vote this week on the #GOPTaxScam, union members and activists will be out on the Hill today at noon raising our voices to resist this job killing bill. Join us! #NotOnePenny

Earlier this morning, the president tweeted an endorsement of one network and an attack on its competitor. That attack has now been retweeted by his official White House account. This is an official statement of the President of the United States. pic.twitter.com/H991JQnnt1

The biggest topic on the Right is how to get a child molester elected so a perjured Attorney General can resign and his replacement can fire a special prosecutor who’s discovering the president’s treason.

The House is expected to vote for their version of the Tax bill on Thursday. It’s not too late to call your representatives and tell them to vote no on tax cuts for the 1%! https://t.co/oTRMQWI14u#NotOnePenny

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Welp, it’s official. Vlad and team have officially thrown GEOTWH (grotesque evil occupying the WH) and team under the Russian bus.

#Russia's state TV host asks former Ambassador Kislyak to name all [Trump admin] officials with whom he communicated or held meetings. He refuses to do so, but says "the list is too long to mention all of them in 20 minutes." pic.twitter.com/PzGeEcAWmX

Orrin Hatch: "There are no cuts to Medicaid in this bill."…Claire McCaskill: "Where do you think the $300 billion is coming from? Is there a fairy that's dropping it on the Senate? The money you're spending is coming out of Medicaid." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/Y0F1mv1DTp

I ordered my birth certificate in JULY. I got it TODAY. If you're planning on registering voters in states that suppress the vote and may require birth certificates, start registering NOW, not in 2018 pic.twitter.com/MCDCBmrdXH